Retail Stores

Sears Chairman Makes Bid to Buy 500 Stores, Save Brand
December 7, 2018 at 2:45 pm

In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Caitlin Sullivan and Joe Keenan discuss the bid from Sears Chairman and former CEO Eddie Lampert's company ESL Investments to purchase 500 of the retail chain's stores for $4.6 billion. This offer comes as a last-ditch effort to save the brand from potential liquidation, but may notโ€ฆ

Chairman Eddie Lampert Submits $4.6B Proposal to Save Sears
December 6, 2018 at 10:54 am

The fund run by Sears Chairman Eddie Lampert, ESL Investments, submitted a $4.6 billion proposal on Thursday to help save the bankrupt retailer with the purchase of 500 stores. Sears Holdings, which owns Sears department stores and Kmart, filed for bankruptcy on Oct. 15. In previous court filings, it has said it was in talks withโ€ฆ

The Next Big Move for E-Commerce Brands: Brick-and-Mortar Retail
December 6, 2018 at 9:18 am

For several years, e-commerce retailers were blamed for causing the โ€œretail apocalypseโ€ by forcing big-box stores to compete with their lean business models and lack of physical retail outlets. But could e-commerce retailers be the ones to take over those vacancies? According to a recent report by JLL that looked at the expansion plans ofโ€ฆ

3 Holiday Shopping Trends That Might Surprise You
December 3, 2018 at 1:02 pm

The holidays are upon us, and retailers are preparing for the influx of shopping activity both online and in-store in hopes of boosting traffic and sales. As the busiest shopping season of the year, retailers can stand to reap big rewards, but itโ€™s important to remember that consumers shop differently during the holidays than theyโ€ฆ

Gymboree Considering Closing Half its Stores
November 28, 2018 at 11:53 am

Gymboree is considering closing more than half of its approximately 900 stores, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The move would be a setback for the retailer of infant and childrenโ€™s clothing after it emerged from bankruptcy last year. Gymboree was one of the few brick-and-mortar retailers that managed to escape liquidation in a waveโ€ฆ